Lishing house



(No Model.)

' L. W. YAGGY.

PORTFOLIU 0R CASE FOR ANATOMIGAL GHARTS. No. 337,544. Patented Mar. 9,1886.

N'. PETERS, vhowmhogmpner. wnsmngann, D. c.

UNTTED STATES PATENT Erre LEVI W. YAGGY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNORTO THE VESTERN PUB--A LISHING HOUSE, LEVI YV. YAGGY AND JAMES J. VEST,PROPRIETORS, OF SAME PLACE.

PORTFOLIO OR CASE FOR ANATOMICAL CHARTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 837,544, dated March 9,1886.

Application led October 15, 1385. Serial No. 180,019. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.' The charts or otherobjects are attached tothe 5o Be itknownthat I, LEVI W. YAGGY, acitii leaves A B in anysuitable manner. bein'g zen of the United States, residing in Chicago, lmounted upon thosesuriaces ofthe said leaves in the county of Cook andState of Illinois, which are the inner surfaces when the porthaveinvented acertain new and useful Imfolio is closed, as shown in Figs. 2and 3. provement in Portfolios or Cases for Anatoinil Vhen it is desiredto display the contents of 55 cal Charts, the., of which the followingis a the portfolio,thelatterisopened and theleaves specification,reference being` had to the acl A and B bent back into the positionshown in companying drawings, in Whieh- Fig. l of the drawings. theleat'C' extending 1o Figure l represents aperspective view of i from thelower edge of the leaf B to the lower my improved case or portfolio inone position; edge of theleal' A and forming a base or sup- 6o Fig. 2, aplan view of the same in another pol port for the latter. In thisposition the flap sition, and Fig. 3 a central longitudinal seec" isbent upward, as shown, the tongue C tional view taken on the line x x ofFig. 2. thereon being inserted in the catch A', thus Like letters referto like partsin all the figconnecting the flap C firmly to the leaf Aandures of the drawings. forming the whole portfolio into a stand or 65 Myinvention relates to portfolios or cases easel with its contentsdisplayed upon the for anatomical charts, it being also applicaoutersurfaces. In this position the portfolio ble for use in -connection withother articles will stand upon a table or any other suitable 2o ofsimilar nature, and has for its object the supportwithitscontentsdisplayedinamanner 'production of a portfolio or casewhich when convenient for reference. By iexing or bend- 7o closed willeffectually protect its contents and ing the joint connecting thesections c and c be convenient in form, While at the same time of theiiap C the leaves A and B may be it may be readily arranged to supportand brought together back to back, thus flattening display the same inan advantageous manner; the portfolio with its contents still on theoutand to these ends my invention consists in side, and in this positionit may be used as a 75 certain novel features which I will nowprowall-chart, being hung up for the purpose, or ceed to describe, andwill then particularly it may be supported on an ordinary easel or pointout in the claims. other similar support. y In the drawings, in which Ihave shown my When it is desired to close the portfolio, the

invention practically carried ont in one form, tongue C is withdrawnfrom the catch A and 8o A represents one leaf or wing of the portfolio,the leaf A swung over until it rests upon the which I will forconvenience sake term the leaf B, in the position shown in Figs. 2 and 3frontleaf, andBthe otherleaforwing,which 4of the drawings. The fiap C isthen brought may be called the back leaf, the two being over into theposition shown'in dotted lines in connected at one end by aflexiblejoint, a, of the said ligures, and the tongue C engaged anysuitable construction. The front leaf, A, with the catch A2, thuseffectually closing the is provided on that surface which is its outerportfolio, which assumes a fiat form with the surface when the portfoliois closed with two face, to which the contents are attached on the 4ocatches, A and A2, arranged at suitable disinterior and entirelyprotected.

tances, for the purposes hereinafter stated. It is obvious that variousmodifications in 93 C indicates a leaf or flap hinged to the leaf theconstruction and arrangement of the parts B at b. This ap C ispreferably constructed may be made without departing from the prininthree sections hinged together, two of the ciple of my invention. Forinstance, the ap 45 sections, c c', being ofaboutequal size, andthe Cmay be constructed in a single piece or in third section, c, forming asmall flap provided two pieces only, the sections cc being in that 95Withasuitable tongue, C', to engage with either case made in a singlepiece. of the catches A A2. Although I have shown one form of catch Theoperation of the device is as follows: for securing the portfolio orcase in either its open or closed position, I do not wish to beunderstood as limiting` myself to that partieular form, as any suitablecatch may be eniployed for the purpose. w

Although intended principally for the purpose of displaying anatomicalcharts, it is obvious that the portfolio is equally applicable to thedisplay of many other objects, and is not limited to this particularone. I therefore do not wish to be understood as limiting .myselfstrictly to the precise details of construction hereinbefore describedand shown inthe drawings.

I am aware of Letters Patent No. 274,629, granted March 27. 1883, to M.A. Morrill, and I do not wish to be understood as claiming` anything setforth in said Letters Patent.

Having thus described n1yinvention,WhatI cla-im as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, isw

l. A convertible portfolio and stand cousisting ot' two main leaveshinged to each other, anda flap hinged to one of the xnain leaves andadapted to forni a base or support to said leaves and to fold over thefree end of the other leaf, substantially as and for thepurposesspecified.

2. In a convertible portfolio and stand, the combination of the twoleaves hinged to each other, and a flap hinged to one of the leaves, thesaid llap and the other leaf being provided with catches, whereby thewhole may beloeked in position either as a stand or portfolio,substantially as and for the purposes specified.

3. In a convertible portfolio and stand, the combination, with the mainleaves A and B,of the flap C, hinged to the leafB, and eonstructed intwo er more sections hinged to each other, substantially as and for thepurposes specified.

4t. In a convertible portfolio and stand, the combination, with the mainleaves A and B, hinged together at a, of the flap C, hinged to the leafIl, and composed of the sections c, c', and c2, and adapted to beconnected to the leaf A, substantially as and for the purposesspeciiied.

5. In a convertible portfolio and stand. the combination, with the mainleaves A and B, the former provided with two catches, Aand A2, arrangedas describef'hof thellap G, hinged to the leat' B, and provided with atongue, C', to engage the said catches, substantially as and for thepurposes specified.

L. NV. YAGGY.

Witnesses:

E. B. Esi-lian, E. S. JUDD.

